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This guidance is for:

training providers and employers developing apprenticeship programmes

developers of apprenticeship frameworks

issuing authorities for apprenticeship frameworks

The specification of apprenticeship standards (SASE) sets out the minimum statutory requirements that training providers and employers must meet when submitting an apprenticeship programme for inclusion in a framework.

The information requirement sets out the non-statutory requirements for supporting information that framework developers should include in an annex to an apprenticeship framework.

Framework developers and issuing authorities must consult the SASE guidance when deciding whether a submission to a framework complies with the minimum requirements.

17 August 2018
Updated 'Specification of apprenticeship standards for England (SASE)' to reflect recent changes to the English, maths and ICT requirements in apprenticeships approved by the Secretary of State.

19 July 2017
Updated SASE specification to reflect changes to the English and maths requirements in apprenticeships as approved by the Secretary of State.

30 March 2017
Amended the 'Specification of apprenticeship standards' to include British sign language as an alternative qualification to English.

5 October 2015
SASE specification document updated to cover the removal of the regulatory rules for the Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF) and the introduction of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).

12 February 2015
The main Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE) document and the related guidance document have been updated. They now incorporate modifications to the specification of 'Functional Skills / GCSE / Other Alternatives'.

7 March 2013
Published updated versions of the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England and the related Information Requirements and Guidance.

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